posted on www.chattanoogan.com January 28, 2010
Senator Lamar Alexander said he was opposed to increasing the nation's debt limit on Thursday. The legislation would increase the nation’s debt limit by $1.9 trillion – from $12.4 trillion to $14.3 trillion:
He said, “It took this country 230 years to reach $10 trillion in debt. Now, in just 15 months we’ve added more than $2 trillion more. The president was right last night when he said we should not leave Americans with a ‘mountain of debt.’ To hold Congress to that challenge, he should veto this debt increase, which is larger than the size of the entire federal budget in 1999. If this increase in the national debt becomes law, it will leave our children and grandchildren a country they cannot afford and a government they cannot control. Until Congress and the president take steps to bring this alarming debt under control, we should not increase the debt limit.”
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